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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Natsu Showdown

« on: March 14, 2023, 10:19:58 AM »

Don't even think the words "too old" at 23, lol. I'm 31, and have been writing since I was 16. That inner fire comes and goes, but as long as you don't let the ember burn out it will always come back.

Reading your pages, I'm honestly a little surprised there hasn't been a snot pokemon yet.

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Members Manga / Re: Infernity (by Natsu)

« on: March 13, 2023, 12:21:34 PM »

Writing things down always seem to make things grow in unexpected ways, haha. It's a simpler premise (as befits a one shot), but you've got a story there. Good job in sticking to it!

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MR Pub / Re: Chit Chat 2023

« on: March 13, 2023, 12:17:35 PM »

Dang Slammy, glad you're on the up and up. Any idea what laid you low?

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Natsu Showdown

« on: March 13, 2023, 12:14:25 PM »

You've got very clean artwork for only being into it for 3 months. Do you have a background in other forms of art?

My own Spanish is laughably poor (I can get a table at a restaurant and order beer, what else do I need?) but I could get the gist.

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Welcome Center / Re: Natsu here

« on: March 13, 2023, 12:09:50 PM »

Welcome to MangaRaiders Natsu!

We've seen plenty of people coming right out of the gate, so you're mindset is perfect! It’s about having the passion to improve.

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: March 06, 2023, 12:37:37 PM »

Somehow I'm always surprised by the number of new sketches in this topic, lol.

Congrats on the month Suuper! Keep it up Ryan!

Piggybacking on Op's comment, it would be an interesting experiment for you to go back to your first sketch in this topic and recreate it at some point (maybe as you hit the year milestone Suuper, *nudge wink*)

I mean this thing only started back... 11 years ago?!!! Cr*p we're getting old, lol.

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: February 28, 2023, 11:55:21 AM »

@Ryan: a true connoiseur knows the power of the hips, lol 

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: February 24, 2023, 02:34:40 PM »

Good job keeping up with it everyone!

@Suuper: nothing like the cleansing feeling of being less than empty after a day of food poisoning, lol. F

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Develop Your Story / Re: Is my story direction okay?

« on: February 23, 2023, 11:43:30 AM »

Based on what you've shown here, I'd say that yeah, you've got really healthy bones. My only real cooment is that your characters may be a little too powerful. Any power scale needs to feel more like a smooth curb, rather than a flat line followed by a 1000 ft spike.

What it really will come down to is the execution of the characters themselves. Each girl will need to feel unique and multidimensional to stand out amongst a sea of one dimensional waifus that plague the world of manga. But what you've got to start with here is solid. Combining multiple (some might say opposing) elements into one is definitely an interesting twist that can lead to internal strife within each girl, and will give you good opportunities I think.

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Suuper's manga (+digital and 3D)

« on: February 22, 2023, 11:27:43 AM »

Work stress is definitely a hard hitting force impacting our creative schedules. But you're on the money saying we have to learn to manage the stress we can't avoid. As long as you aren't being self destructive though that's the most important thing (and I do count clamming up and doing absolutely nothing as self destroying)

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: February 17, 2023, 10:16:34 AM »

That sure is a... shirt?

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Develop Your Story / Re: Suuper's Writing Projects & Manga Stories

« on: February 16, 2023, 12:06:24 PM »

I tried Suuper, I just don't have the time I need right to read the whole of your posts, lol

I'm glad you're working on writing again though. Don't get discouraged. We get better by writing stories we aren't happy with.

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Welcome Center / Re: F here

« on: February 15, 2023, 09:59:01 AM »

Welcome to MangaRaiders F! I must say you might hold the record for shortest handle, lol. How long have you been working on Armz? What's it about?

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break Room / Re: What is the post length limit you can make in a topic?

« on: February 13, 2023, 05:36:24 PM »

All good points. But just to add the last piece of the puzzle: no one will harp on you for double or triple posting if you're posting a big chapter or multiple chapters at once.

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: February 11, 2023, 11:36:24 AM »

Clara it is!

@Suuper: That's partly why I put the challenge out there. People tend to get too inside their own heads when it comes to this sort of thing. We have to train ourselves to pick names quickly and without a ton of contemplation.

An example of this is that I give a "chapter" name to each day in my work log. I don't think about them, I just write them and see what comes out. I've been doing this for years without fail. Some are better than others, but they have trained me to not spend more time on naming decisions than absolutely necessary.